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Walking to raise money for the Junior Diabetes Foundation at Frink-Chambers School are, from left, Carter Hackler, Jackson McCormick, Conner Jones and Cade Lott. Reader photo by Darla Lott
Frink-Chambers School raised nearly $15,000 for the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. From left are Ethan Springer, Jackson McCormick, Cade Lott, Carly Cox and Conner Jones. Reader photo by Darla Lott

July 8, 2011

By Jeanne LeFlore Staff Writer The McAlester News-Capital Fri Jul 08, 2011, 01:30 PM CDT

McALESTER — Students from Frink-Chambers School raised nearly $15,000 for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and one 10-year-old student and his family say they are thankful for the effort.

The school had its annual JDRF walk-a-thon in May to raise the money.

“I think it’s just remarkable that a school this size can do something so wonderful,” said Darla Lott, whose son, Cade, helped raise money for JDRF.

“This year Cade raised $4,300 by himself,” Lott said.

Cade had a special motivation.

“My son is 10 years old and was diagnosed with Type I Diabetes three years ago,” Lott said.

Lott said the research that JDRF has done has greatly improved care for her son, who was diagnosed in October 2008. “The way his medication is delivered has greatly improved and that’s because of the research JDRF has done,” she said.

For example, instead of daily injections of insulin, Cade now has his medication delivered via a pump called an OmniPod. OmniPod is a tubing-free insulin delivery system which is wireless and watertight according to myomnipod.com.

Lott said her son’s diabetes will never go away. In fact, she said it’s become a part of their lives. “We went on vacation last month and diabetes went with us,” Lott said.

She said the good news is that her son’s doctor said that as long as Cade takes care of himself and manages his insulin, he will be just fine. And she said she is proud of the way Cade as taken charge of his care.

For a 10-year-old boy dealing with this, even his doctor is impressed, Lott said. Cade has to check his sugar by himself and he changes his OmniPod every day.

For more of the story, see Friday's issue of the McAlester News-Capital.

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